Re: oracle vs. ms access

"Terence Hill" <phayaok_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This sounds like a joke, but my company really thinks about a supply> software that is based on a access db. Please give me comments against> access in relation to oracle.>> Thanks for help>> Walter>>

MS Access as a database is a file based "database" that has very little
possibility of recovery and backup. You can't back it up while people are
using it. It is prone to data corruption, but you won't know when that
happens. Access is not ACID. Oracle is an industrial strength database.

Part of the problem is that if management doesn't know the difference then
be scared very scared and get a different job. It is unlikely that they
have the expertise to figure out what they want.
Jim
Received on Wed Sep 22 2004 - 00:00:46 CDT